Solomon Grundy

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Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry for garnish.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz Gin
3/4 fl oz Lucano amaro
1/2 fl oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
1/6 fl oz Fernet Branca liqueur
4 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

Whether a big meal or a big night, this cleansing bittersweet herbal digestive is a great way to finish it, and by Saturday, according to the nursery rhyme, Solomon Grundy was properly finished.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2011 by Dan Long while bartending in Los Angeles. The Solomon Grundy is eponymously named after the supervillain in DC Comics, who, in turn, is named after a 19th-century nursery rhyme.

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.

Nutrition:

One serving of Solomon Grundy contains 193 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 27.03% alc./vol. (54.06° proof)
  • 23.7 grams of pure alcohol
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